The Mint Master

UTAH NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

PRESIDENTS

Hello everyone!

Sorry I missed you
this last month as I
was dealing with a
bout of Strep
Throat. I would
much rather have
been with you, espe¬
cially for Youth
Night. I understand
it went well and we
had good participa¬
tion. Youth are our
future, we cannot
survive without
teaching our children
the value of numis¬
matics and encourag¬
ing them to learn the
hobby and to enjoy
it.

I hope everyone has
had a pleasant
Fourth of July cele-

MESSAGE

brating our inde¬
pendence and associ¬
ating with fami¬
ly. We also have the
24th of July, our
State Holiday this
month so I hope eve¬
ryone has made
plans and intends to
celebrate the incor¬
poration of Utah into
the Union with prop¬
er aplomb. Whatev¬
er you do to cele¬
brate please be cau¬
tious and pre¬
pared. If doing fire¬
works keep a water
bucket and a hose
nearby and practice
good safety precau¬
tions.

On the 9th we will
be having our annual
summer BBQ. We
will be meeting at
SugarHouse Park,
please read the
newsletter for time
and exact pavil¬
ion. We should have
a great turn out and
some great prizes. I
look forward to see¬
ing you all there.
Robie Cagle

President

PROGRAM FOR JULY 9TH — PICNIC 6PM

The picnic is at the first
pavilion next to the
pond at Sugarhouse
Park..

July 9th is our annual
club summer picnic at
Sugarhouse Park. Meet

at the Parley Creek pa¬
vilion at 6:00pm. The
club will provide the
main dish and drinks.
Bring your own plates
and utensils. Those
who last names start

with A-H please bring
desserts and those with
lasts names l-Z bring
salads to share and
those members who
are single bring chips.
See you there.

Inside this issue:

Regency Mint Tour

2

Discoveries

4

Quiz

5

Book Review

6

Advertisements

7

Picnic Map / Officers

8

Young Numismatists

9

Back Page

10

June

• Greetings -

Robie Cagle

• Mini Exhibit

N one—Picnic

• News & Views

None-Picnic

• Spotlight

None-Picnic

• Refreshments

Snow Cones-

Larry Neilsen

• Coin Quiz—None

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The mint master

REGENCY MINT TOUR

I recently was given a fantastic tour of the
Regency Mint in Orem by their ‘Chief En¬
graver’ Kelly Finnegan. I was very im¬
pressed with their operations and was per¬
mitted to take a few pictures which are
shown here.

Above are 4 950+ oz. bars of .999 silver
from the Canadian Mint ready for pro¬
cessing.

These large bars are so large that they must
be cut into smaller ‘chunks’ by a band saw
to be melted and processed.

Shown here are the smaller ‘chunks’ after
they have been cut.

The silver is then processed into strips and will be
rolled into long strips of the proper thickness for
punching blanks.

Above is the machine which can be fitted with any
size die and is used to punch the actual blanks. The
tray to the right contains the scrap silver which will
be re-melted and the process starts over.

This machine is the up-setting unit and processes
each blank to create the rim on the coin.

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REGENCY MINT

A tray of up-set blank planchets awaits their
turn processed with a matte or proof finish.

This unit is filled with tiny steel bearing and
water. It vibrates and the blanks are left in the
unit until the desired surface is complete. The
blanks are actually submerged under the bear¬
ings.

Here is one of the coin presses used at Regency
Mint. Some presses are capable of over 800
tons of pressure to strike coins or ingots.

The final product is contained in the dish of newly
minted 1 ounce troy silver bullion coins just ejected
from the coin press.

Packaging in tubes of 20 and loaded into Monster Box¬
es used by the US Mint the final product in lots of 500
ounces is ready to be shipped.

In addition to silver, copper, steel, brass, and gold are
coined into bullion, rounds, medals and ingots at the
Regency Mint. This was truly a wonderful tour.

Doug Nyholm

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The mint master

NEW DISCOVERIES !!!

Another discovery of local interest is a here-to-for
unknown piece of scrip from the Providence Co¬
op in Cache county. The providence co-op is
documented however no known scrip or tokens
were know to exist. This is the case with many of
the Utah co-op's and mercantiles leading to the
possibility that most may have printed or had
tokens issued which none are presently known.

Will you be the next to find such a piece?

Don’t think even for a moment that everything numismatic has
been discovered or found. The $10 brownback from Juneau
Alaska Territory was displayed at the recent Memphis Money
show. And it is serial number 1! The new owner and discov¬
erer stated that the value of this note is just slightly less than
priceless. Doug Nyholm

WHAT IS THIS ???

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Page 5

QUIZ / FIND THE ODDBALL

1. Which coin does not belong in the group below? (And Why?)

A. 1838-0 Half Dollar

B. 1916-D Half Dollar

C. 1926-S Quarter

D. 1893-0 Dime

2. Which coin does not belong in the group below? (And Why?)

A. 1937-D 3-Legged Buffalo Nickel

B. 1922 Plain Lincoln Cent

C. 1955 Double Die Cent

D. 1941 Proof Walker with no designers Initials

3. What coin does not belong in the group below?

(And Why?)

A. 1804 Silver Dollar

B. 1913 Liberty Nickel

C. 1875-CC Twenty Cent Piece

D. 1894-S Barber Dime

4. What coin does not belong in the group below?

(And Why?)

A. 1861 Indian Head Cent

B. 1904 Indian Head Cent

C. 1926-S Lincoln Cent

D. 1981 Lincoln Cent

5. What coin does not belong in the group below?

(This one is for experts, are you an expert?)

A. 1797 Dime

B. 1821 Dime

C. 1834 Dime

D. 1804 Dime

May Answers— 1) B, Lincoln Cents 2) C, Kennedy Halves 3) D, Mercury Dime 4) A, Washington Quarter

5) A, Ike Dollars

UNS 2013 SCHEDULE

August

Secret Service Speaker / Currency

September
Club Auction
October

Presentation / Cherry Picking / Nyholm
November

December
Christmas Dinner

The answer to the picture quiz to
the right is 1892. How do you iden¬
tify this coin. It has a "Micro O"
mintmark which is well known and
very scarce. Did you get it right?

What is the date of the
above pictured coin?

Elections / Club Bourse

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The mint master

BOOK REVIEW / TOP CHINESE COINS

This is a book I was aware
of a couple of years ago,
however the 1 st edition
was completely in Chinese.

I acquired this 2nd edition
up at the recent Long
Beach Expo and it is now
written both in Chinese
and English. It has also
been modified to include
only silver coins, the I st edi¬
tion contained a number of
non-silver coins. This book
was printed in China and
the pictures and quality are
outstanding. When the
Chinese put their mind to
do something special they
certainly excel at it. The
book is printed in a large
format, you might have to
adjust the height of your
bookshelf, as it is just slight¬
ly larger than 12 1/2 x 10.

It is hardcover and printed
on very high quality glossy
paper. There are 172 pag¬
es of great pictures. The

Top Chinese Coins - Silver
Coinage, 2011,
Edited by Michael Hans
Chou with Ron Guth and
Bruce Smith,
Published by iAssure
Group

printing process included
two separate runs trough a
color printer. The 4" diame¬
ter coin images were actu¬
ally printed separately and
almost jump off the page.

As far as content the book
covers the top 60 Chinese
silver coins and many of
them are stunning in ap¬
pearance. Auction records
and prices are given as well
as a pedigree for most is¬
sues is also included. Seri¬
ous notes and discussions
are included for each issue
which really lend a lot to
the history and production
of many of these ultra¬
rarities. This book definite¬
ly goes way beyond the
knowledge that the typical
Panda collector is aware of.
Again, most readers of this
review or even purchasers
of the book will probably
never own one of the coins
in this book but owning
the book is the next best
thing. Although not inex¬
pensive at $ 100, it makes a
great addition to the nu¬
mismatics bibliophile's li¬
brary.

Doug. Nyholm

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE COINS?

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The mint master

PRIZES— PICNIC / JULY

SUGARHOUSE MAP

PROMPTNESS—

None—Picnic
MEMBERSHIP -

None—Picnic
JUNIOR -
None—Picnic

As always, the annual UNS picnic

will have prizes and games for the

youth and all involved.

CLUB OFFICERS FOR 2013

Eldon Farnsworth

Robie Cagle — President

801 - 831-8294

Kelly Finegan — Vice Pres

801 - 636-1190

Bruce Griggs — Sec.

801 - 703-4081

Treas.

801 - 550-5460
Don Swain — Medals
801 - 652-0124
David Larsen — Curator
801 - 637-1060

Ben Green — Asst. Sec.

801 - 889-7504

Doug Nyholm — Newslet.

801 - 918-9522

Bob Campbell — Bourse

801 - 467-8636

BOARD MEMBERS FOR 2013

Lavar Burton
801 - 255-1629
Tom Davis
801 - 273-7519
Lee McKenzie
801 - 349-6838

Larry Kimura
801 - 282-2333
Phil Clark
801 - 523-9199
Ralph Mueller
801 - 581-0991

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Page 9

YOUNG NUMISMATICS
YOUTH NIGHT RECAP
FUN FOR YOUTH AT UNS PICNIC—TIDBIT

YOUTH NIGHT

The UNS Youth Night program
held on June 11, 2013 was a fun,
fast paced, and rewarding activity
for all in attendance. The 25 youth
attendees each received and took
home with them: a Lincoln Cent
Centennial Date Set folder, a set of
uncirculated 2009 Lincoln cents, a
transportation token, a gift bag of
numismatic items including a $1
Silver Certificate, a prize of their
choice, a U.S. Mint packet with a
2009 Lincoln Log Cabin cent and a
cent planchet, and all the Lincoln
Wheat Back cents they could find
and place in their folders in a 45
minute period. The folders provid¬
ed this year will allow each youth to
continue filling empty spaces from
1959 and forward with coins readily
found in everyday circulation. Eve¬
rything was free to the youth, com¬
pliments of the UNS and some indi¬
vidual club members. A special
thanks is owed to Robie and Collin
Cagle, Bob Campbell, Phil Clark,
Dave Larsen, and Ralph Muller for
their generous support of the
evening’s program. If you missed
the program, you missed a good one
and should mark your planning cal¬
endar for the June 10, 2014 pro¬
gram next year.

UNS PICNIC

The UNS Picnic scheduled for July
9, 2013 is our next meeting and has

a lot of activity for youth of all ag¬
es. The highlight for youth is the
coin search in the wood chips.
Hundreds of coins, tokens, and
medals are hidden in the wood
chips and, based on age, the youth
are allowed to sift through the chips
to find and keep the hidden treas¬
ures. The youngest go first and are
joined by older youth until all youth
are eventually sifting through the
chips for the numismatic treasures.
Items are added as the number of
youth searching increases and there
are special win tokens that reward
their finders with special numis¬
matic prizes. The food, activities,
and fellowship are always fantastic
and shouldn’t be missed. Hope to
see you there.

TIDBIT

Do you know what a planchet is?
A planchet is coin blank that has

been heated to soften it for striking
as a coin, washed and dried to re¬
move surface contaminants and
been through the “upsetting mill”.
The “upsetting mill” is the point in
the coining process at which a
blank is squeezed to form a raised
rim on both the obverse (heads) and
reverse (tails) side of the coin. The
planchet provides a uniform size
and the raised rim aids in stacking
and reduces coin surface wear once
the coin enters circulation. All
planchets then go through a
“riddler” machine which sorts out
irregular pieces. Good planchets
continue on to the coining presses
and the bad ones are shred and the
metals recycled. Planchets will see
the “riddler” machine again as fin¬
ished coins.

PHIL CLARK

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